SMIIC Member States have put tremendous efforts and their expertise in the SMIIC Technical Committee on Standards for Conformity Assessment (CCA) to prepare the four new standards "OIC/SMIIC 33:2020 Conformity Assessment – Example of a Certification Scheme for Halal Products", "OIC/SMIIC 34:2020 Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons Involved in the Halal Related Activities", "OIC/SMIIC 35:2020 Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for the Competence of Laboratories Performing Halal Testing" and "OIC/SMIIC 36: 2020 Conformity Assessment - General Requirements of Proficiency Testing for Halal Purposes" that aims to clarify certification and testing services for Halal products are valid and in accordance with the Islamic rules.
OIC/SMIIC 33:2020
Conformity Assessment – Example of a Certification Scheme for Halal Products
This standard describes the fundamentals of halal product certification and provides guidelines for understanding, developing, operating or maintaining certification schemes for halal products, processes and services. This standard provides an example of a type 5 product certification scheme for halal products as described in ISO/IEC 17067 based on Islamic rules.
Standard is available for online sale: https://www.smiic.org/en/project/71
OIC/SMIIC 34:2020
Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons Involved in the Halal Related Activities
This standard contains principles and general requirements for bodies operating certification of persons involved in the halal related activities against specific requirements, and includes the development and maintenance of a certification scheme for these persons.
Standard is available for online sale: https://www.smiic.org/en/project/72
OIC/SMIIC 35:2020
Conformity Assessment - General Requirements for the Competence of Laboratories Performing Halal Testing
This document specifies the general requirements for Laboratories performing Halal Testing. All the organizations performing laboratory activities are included to the scope of this document.
Compliance to this document does not in any way exempt laboratories from or diminish their responsibilities in observing/complying with existing national laws and regulations/guidelines currently enforced in the country
Standard is available for online sale: https://www.smiic.org/en/project/73
OIC/SMIIC 36:2020
Conformity Assessment - General Requirements of Proficiency Testing for Halal Purposes
This document specifies general requirements for the competence of providers of halal proficiency testing schemes and for the development and operation of halal proficiency testing schemes. These requirements are intended to be general for all types of halal proficiency testing schemes, and they can be used as a basis for specific technical requirements for particular fields of application.
Standard is available for online sale: https://www.smiic.org/en/project/76